British Dyestuffs

Abstract

THE British national ensign, which figuratively was hoisted when the British Dyestuffs Corporation, Limited, was established with Government assistance, slipped some distance down the mast when in July last the directors announced the policy of reducing their expenditure on chemical research. The flag has now been lowered further to half-mast by the negotiations for an agreement between the British Dyestuffs Corporation and the great German combine, the Interessen Gemeinschaft; and if any agreement on the lines indicated is reached and finally sanctioned, it will inevitably, sooner or later, be replaced by the German flag.